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Fleet · Japan · April 10, 1941 – June 15, 1945 · inactive July 14, 1942 – June 1, 1943
The First Air Fleet, Japan's carrier striking force under Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo. Its six carriers attacked Pearl Harbor; it then raided Darwin and the Indian Ocean, and lost four carriers at Midway.
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Sub-units 5
- Ship Akagi
- Ship Kaga
- Ship Sōryū
- Ship Hiryū
- Squadron Fifth Carrier Division
Attached units 4
Movements
- November 26, 1941 Sails from Hitokappu Bay, Kuril Islands Map
- December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Launches the attack on Pearl Harbor from 230 miles north of Oahu Map
- December 8–23, 1941 Battle of Wake Island
- December 23, 1941 Returns to the Inland Sea Map
- January 23, 1942 – February 1942 Battle of Rabaul (1942)
- February 19, 1942 Air raid on Darwin, Australia Map
- February 19, 1942 Bombing of Darwin
- March 31 – April 10, 1942 Indian Ocean raid
- April 5, 1942 – April 9, 1942 Indian Ocean raid: strikes Colombo and Trincomalee Map
- April 22, 1942 Returns to Japan Map
- May 4–8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
- May 27, 1942 Sails from Hashirajima for Midway Map
- June 4, 1942 – June 5, 1942 Battle of Midway Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū sunk Map
- August 24–25, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
- October 25–27, 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
- June 19–20, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea
- October 20, 1944 – August 15, 1945 Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
- October 23–26, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf
- April 6 – June 22, 1945 Operation Kikusui